forcing a NS to update?

[Danny Mayer]

At 02:04 PM 4/1/02, Barry Margolin wrote:
>In article <a805so$6j1 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
>Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
> >
> >Lord Skeptic wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to remotely force a NS to update its MX records for a 
> domain?
> >
> >a) Call up the administrator and have them restart/reload.
> >
> >b) Fire up rndc, pointing it at the relevant nameserver, and issue the 
> "reload"
> >command (requires that the remote nameserver be running BIND 9, and that 
> it be
> >configured with an appropriate rndc key).
>
>I think you mean "restart".  "Reload" doesn't do anything to the cache, it
>only updates authoritative zones.

Use:
rndc flush

(Requires remote nameserver be running BIND 9.2.0 or later).

         Danny